The cybercrime (sic) police in Bangalore are implementing steps which will make it mandatory for cybercafé owners to log the identities of all their customers and make them available to the police when required.
"The government order will be introduced in a few days and will take effect immediately. The rules have been approved and the governor has given his assent. Only the formality of it being published in the gazette is pending," said P. Ravindranath, DIG Economic offences, who is attached to the Cyber Crime Police Station. This move was initiated when the cyber crime police found that a number of cyber crimes they had investigated and handled, originated from cyber cafes where anonymity was virtually guaranteed.
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